Characterizing macroinvertebrate community composition and abundance in freshwater tidal wetlands of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
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Rosemary Hartman aff001; Stacy Sherman aff001; Dave Contreras aff001; Alison Furler aff002; Ryan Kok aff003
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Stockton, California, United States of America
aff001; California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Rancho Cordova, California, United States of America
aff002; California Department of Fish and Wildlife, LaGrange, California, United States of America
aff003
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PLoS ONE 14(11)
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Research Article
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215421
Souhrn
Restored tidal wetlands may provide important food web support for at-risk fish species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) of California, including Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) and Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Since many tidal wetland restoration projects are planned or have recently been constructed in the Delta, understanding the diversity and variability of wetland invertebrates that are fish prey items is of increasing importance. During this study, two different invertebrate sampling techniques were tested (leaf packs and sweep nets) in four habitat types within three different wetland areas to evaluate which sampling technique provided the most reliable metric of invertebrate abundance and community composition. Sweep nets provided a better measure of fish food availability than leaf packs and were better able to differentiate between habitat types. Generalized linear models showed submerged and floating vegetation had higher abundance and taxa richness than channel habitats or emergent vegetation. Permutational multivariate analysis of variance showed significantly different communities of invertebrates in different habitat types and in different wetlands, and point-biserial correlation coefficients found a greater number of mobile taxa associated with sweep nets. There were more taxa associated with vegetated habitats than channel habitats, and one area had more taxa associated with it than the other two areas. These results suggest that restoration sites that contain multiple habitat types may enhance fish invertebrate prey diversity and resilience. However, the effect of habitat diversity must be monitored as restoration sites develop to assess actual benefits to at-risk fish species.
Klíčová slova:
Diet – Habitats – Invertebrates – Islands – Surface water – Wetlands – Diptera – Zooplankton
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